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Understanding 9/11100 great problems of elementary mathematics : their history and solution
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x, 393 pages : 22 cm
Problems that beset Archimedes, Newton, Euler, Cauchy, Gauss, Monge and other greats, ready to challenge today's would-be problem solvers. Among them: How is a sundial constructed? How can you calculate the logarithm of a given number without the use of logarithm table? No advanced math is required. Includes 100 problems with proofs.--Publisher information
"A new translation of the unabridged text of the fifth edition ... published by the Physica-Verlag, Würzburg, Germany, in 1958 under the title Triumph der Mathematik: Hundert berühmte Probleme aus zwei Jahrtausenden mathematischer Kultur."
Arithmetical problems -- Planimetric problems -- Problems concerning conic sections and cycloids -- Stereometric problems -- Nautical and astronomical problems -- Extremes
Problems that beset Archimedes, Newton, Euler, Cauchy, Gauss, Monge and other greats, ready to challenge today's would-be problem solvers. Among them: How is a sundial constructed? How can you calculate the logarithm of a given number without the use of logarithm table? No advanced math is required. Includes 100 problems with proofs.--Publisher information
"A new translation of the unabridged text of the fifth edition ... published by the Physica-Verlag, Würzburg, Germany, in 1958 under the title Triumph der Mathematik: Hundert berühmte Probleme aus zwei Jahrtausenden mathematischer Kultur."
Arithmetical problems -- Planimetric problems -- Problems concerning conic sections and cycloids -- Stereometric problems -- Nautical and astronomical problems -- Extremes
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